Heel-seat-beating machine



(No Model!) 'W. WOLFE. HEEL SEAT HEATING MACHINE.

No. 460,737. Patented 001;. 6, 1891.-

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\VILLIAM \VOLFE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HEEL-SEAT-BEATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,737, dated October6, 1891.

Application filed March 14, 1891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WOLFE, of the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Beating Up Seats on Boots and Shoes, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for beating up seats onboots and shoes; and it consists in the novel arrangements andcombination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, anddesignated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure is a side elevation of my complete invention'Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal cross-section taken on the line a: a: of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4is a bottom plan view of a shoe-jack, showing the same provided withrollers.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the supporting-frame, on which myinvention may be secured and supported for functional use, and 2indicates aframe-work of ordinary construction, in which a plunger 6, ofordinary construction, is located and secured therein in any suitableand mechanical manner. The shorter arm of said plunger is mounted on acrank-shaft 4, the same being provided with a belt-pulley 5, to which abelt may be'applied for reciprocating said plunger. Said plunger 6 isadapted to strike and impel a pivotal arm or standard 7. Said arm orstandard 7 is pivotally secured in an interposed positionbetween'bearing or guide plates 8, the same being firmly secured, aswell as the frame work 2 and the other operative mechanism, to thebase-plate 9. Said plates 8 are provided with curvlinear slots 10,through and in which a nut-bolt 11 is adapted to be inserted andadjustably secured therein. Said nutbolt, as well as arm 7, is providedwith staples 12, in which are secured the terminal portions of a spiralspring 13. Said spring has the function of retracting arm 7 after thesame has been impelled in a forward direction by the operation ofplunger 6, the extent of the retraction, however, being regulated bynut-bolt 11, which is secured,as hereinbefore stated, in a location inthe rear of arm 7.

Serial No. 385,019. (No model.)

Said arm 7 is provided in the region of its upper terminal portion witha bifurcation 14, in which any form of dies,such as 15, may be securedand removed. Said dies are provided with curved percussion-faces 16, ofany form, to which the seats on the boots and shoes are desired to beconformed.

17 represents an adjustable plate, on which is mounted a shoe-jack 18,consisting of the following parts, to wit: a laterally-adj ustable plate19, the same being provided with a horseshoe-shaped slot 20, andfriction-rollers 21, pivotally mounted in said plate, as shown in Fig.4. Said plate'19 is held and secured to plate 17 by means of nut-bolts22, over which is slipped and mounted friction-rollers 23. Integrallyformed or cast with plate 19 is a socketed stem 24, the same beingprovided with a transverse perforation 25, in which perforation aninternal screw-threaded nut is adapted to be inserted for the purposehereinafter stated.

27 indicates another part of said shoe-jack,

the same being provided with a projection 28,

adapted to snugly fit in socket 24,'and also the screw-threaded stem 29,on which the screw threaded nut 26 is adapted to be screwed, theconstruction of same being illustrated in Fig. 2. To part 27 is hingedanother part of the shoe-jack 30, said part being provided with a stem31, which is adapted to be inserted in a depression formed in the last32. Said parts 27 and 30 are yieldingly clamped together by means of aspring 32', the same being secured to said parts, as illustrated inFig.1.

It can be readily perceived from the construction as hereinbefore statedthat part 27 is adjustable in a vertical direction,aud also that part 30may be adjusted at any angle relative to a vertical line that may beconceived to pass through said part 27.

33 indicates a support, on which the toe of the last or shoe is adaptedto rest and be supported. Said support 33 is secured to part 24 by meansof a thumb-screw 34.

35 indicates a hand-grip or handle for manipulating said support 33.

Plate 17 is adjustable to and from bearingplate 8, and is'held in thedesired adjustment by means of a catch 36, which catch is yieldinglymounted on a spring 37, and is adapted to be disengaged with said plateby means of a lever 38, the same adapted to be operated by means of thefoot of the operator, as can be readily perceived by referring to Fig.1.

It can be readily perceived from construc tion as hereinbefore set forththat the last 32, and consequently the shoe or boot that maybe mountedon the same, is adjustable in a vertical direction and may be tilted atany angle relative thereto, and is also adjustable in a horizontaldirection, thereby subjecting the entire surface of the seatof said shoeor boot to the action of die 15.

Having fully described the mechanical parts of my invention andsubstantially the manner in which the same may be put together inoperative mechanism, 1 will now proceed to describe the mod'zlsopera/7211i of the same. As can be readily perceived, the initiatorystep is to properly mount or place the last containing the shoe on stem3.1 of shoe-jack 1S, and by proper manipulation of the mechanism ashereinbefore set forth, as sound judgment and discretion may suggest,the seat of said shoe or boot may be beaten and conformed as desired.

llaving fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A inachine'forbeating up seats on boots and shoes, consisting of a frame-work 2, a

plunger I), located in the same, bearing-plates ti, llllGl'POSOflbetween which an arm 7,carrying I a die 15, is pivotally and yieldinglysecured, an adjustable shoe-jack, and means for reciprocating saidplunger and causing the same to impel arm 7, substantially as set forth.

2. A machine for beating up seats 011 boots and shoes, havingbearing-plates 8, the same provided with curvilinear slots 10,a.nut-bolt 11, mounted in said slot, an arm '7, provided with abifurcation 1%, said arm interposed and pivotally secured between saidplates, a plunger for moving the arm forward, and spiral spring 13,connecting said bolt and said arm for retracting the same after it hasbeen impelled in a forward direction by the operation of the plunger,substantially as set forth.

The combination, with a fran1e-Work,o[ mechanism mounted thereon forbeating up seats on boots and shoes, a plate 17, also mounted on saidframe-work and adjustable to and from saidmechanism, a shoe-jack carricdby plate 17, a yieldiugly-mounted catch 86 for holding said plate 17 inthe desired adjustment, and a lever 38 for disengaging said catch withplate 17, subs antially as set forth.

Intestimonywhereot I afiixmysignature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM VOLFE.

Witnesses:

(3. K. Jones, EDWARD E. LONGAN.

